We have a name for the newest team in the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League: the Worcester Bravehearts. The team will play out of Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus. The Bravehearts replace the Worcester Tornadoes (independent; Can-Am League) as the ballpark’s summer tenant. Bravehearts owner John W.S. Creedon, Jr., […]
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Futures League lands Worcester ballpark lease
After the demise of a Can-Am League team and a season-long hiatus from organized baseball, Worcester and Holy Cross have signed a deal to bring a summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League team to Fitton Field. As you’ll recall, pro baseball in the form of the Worcester Tornadoes flamed out spectacularly in 2011, with the team […]
Wolff: We want to be back in Worcester in 2013
With other independent and summer-collegiate leagues pitching Worcester officials on a Fitton Field lease, Can-Am League Commissioner Miles Wolff is working on a plan to keep the city in his circuit. It’s no secret other leagues, such as a startup feeder league from the independent Atlantic League, would like to be playing out of Fitton […]